Automatic electric ticket indicator



3 Sheets-Sheet l p 1934- w. s. JOHNSON AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC TICKETINDICATOR Original Filed Nov. 15, 1930 p 1934- w. s JOHNSON 1,972,449

AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC TICKET INDICATOR Original Filed Nov. 15, 1930 3Sheets-Sheet 2 Sept. 4, 1934. w. s. JOHNSON 1,972,449

AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC TICKET INDICATOR Original Filed Nov. 15, 1950 3Sheets-Sheet 3 16 2 W9 /W W //9 //fi Z jfzwzaiia' fiaiiirdiikww, W k jPatentecl Sept. 4, I934 ra ls AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC TICKET INDICATOR WalterS. Johnson, Providence, R. I., assignor to Money-Meters, Ina, Detroit,Mich, a corporation of Michigan Application November 15, 1930, SerialNo. 496,019 Renewed February 3, 1934 12 Claims.

The present invention relates to machines for receiving, indicating thereceipt of, and registering, coins, tokens, tickets and other objectsdiffering from one another in some physical characteristic and inconventional or arbitrary value, all comprehensively designated for thepurpose of this description as tickets. In thus using the term ticket, Ihave intended to employ a brief generic term to designate any one of anumber of different articles which may be used as a medium or payment,such as for transportation in public conveyances, admission to places ofamusement, and the like; and which have physical characteristicsadapting them to serve automatically to indicate and registerdistinctively tickets of different categories. Within this definition ofticket, I include coins of recognized monetary systems having acceptedlegal and conventional values, as well as special disks or plaquesprovided for special purposes and having arbitrary values.

t is the object of the invention to provide an apparatus capable ofreceiving a more or less wide range of differently valued tickets and ofautomatically registering and/or indicating dis tinctively, byelectrical means, the numbers of differently valued tickets received. Afurther object is to enable objects of different classes to be directedto different depositories, as to direct to one destination the ticketsacceptable in payment of the service or commodity sold, and to discardthose articles which may pass the entrance of the machine but are notacceptable. Another object is to retain in the view of the attendant theticket of acceptable character last deposited until deposit subsequentlyof another ticket. All these results are accomplished by electricalmeans.

In putting these objects into effect I utilize the deposited objects toclose electric circuits, and take advantage of the fact that coins andanalcgous tokens are of electrically conductive material and those ofdifferent values are made with diiierent diameters. Consequently theembodiment of the invention herein disclosed provides a space forreception of the deposited tickets having arresting means adapted tostop the tickets of different sizes in different positions, and incontact with the terminals of different electric circuits, the ticketitself being used as a bridging conductor to complete the circuitbetween the terminals in contact with which it lodges. It is within mycontemplation, however, to utilize the deposited articles to completethe electric circuits otherwise than by conduction through their ownsubstance, and to depend on other differences than of diameter or width(such as thicknose or weight, for instance) to efiect the desireddiscrimination between diiierent articles.

In the drawings,-

Fig. l is a front elevation of a machine embodying the inventionrepresenting the casing as being partly broken away and showing theinterior working parts;

Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section on line 22 one of the registers, itsactuating solenoid, and a' circuit closer operated thereby;

Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of the the casing broken away;

Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal section on line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a diagram of electrical apparatus and circuits illustratingthe principles or" the electrical equipment employed in this machine.

machine with Like reference characters designate the same parts whereverthey occur in all the figures.

The part 10 represents a standard, base or pedestal of any suitablecharacter on which the machine is supported. Supported on this stand--ard and enclosing the working parts of the ma chine is a casing 11 in anupper part of which, preferably the top Wall, is a slot 12 into whichthe articles to be indicated or registered are dropped.

In registering alinement with the slot 12 is a passage or chute 13 whichextends downward and discharges into an open space 14- bounded by sidewalls of such varied spacing between them at difierent points in theirheight as to arrest tickets of difierent dimensions in respectivelydifferent positions.

In the present illustration the space or cavity 14 is a V-shaped notchformed in a plate 15 of insulating material, which notch is open at top,front and back. Its converging opposite sides are therefore adapted toarrest coins and other tickets of different diameters or widths atdifferent heights. Where, as in this case, the tickets received are ofelectrically conductive material adapted to complete electric circuitsby bridging rest a twenty-five cent piece; contact 20 a piece smallerthan a quarter dollar and larger than a nickel five cent piece; thecontact 19 to arrest a nickel; contact 18 a one cent piece; contact 17 adime; and contact 16 a disk smaller than a dime. These specific valuesare not limiting of course, but illustrate the principle according towhich different tickets may be caused to operate difiera ent indicatorsand to effect other results.

There is located in the space 14 a combined guide and displacer composedof parallel plates 24 and 25 pivoted on an axis 26 at the bottom of thechute 13 and suitably secured togetherbut with a space between themample to receive any coin or ticket which may pass through slot 12 andchute 13. These plates at their side edges are clear of the boundingwalls of the space 14 and are entirely separate from one another attheir sides within the range of the notch so as to permit protrusion ofthe coin from between them into engagement with the sides or" the notch.The displacer is movable, as shown by broken lines in Fig. 5, either tofront or rear of its neutral position, which is shown by solid lines inthat figure, so as to displace the arrested articles from the notch andcause them to pass onward into one or the other of two destinations. Thedisplacer has a two fold purpose; one to remove the arrested coins andleave room for others in the measuring space, and the other todiscriminate between coins or tickets which are acceptable and thosewhich are not. Acceptable tickets are thrown forward by the displacerand allowed to fall on an inclined deflector 27 which guides them to aninspection chamber 28 in which each accepted ticket is retained in viewof the attendant until the next ticket is deposited.

The inspection chamber is formed between the inclined top wall 29 of aforward extension at the lower part of the case, a movable bottom wallor trap 30 spaced apart below wall 29, and

side walls 31 which extend from wall 29 substantially across the spacetoward the bottom wall 30 and frame all sides of the chamber 28 exceptthe entrance at the upper and rear end of thechamber. Such chamber andits entrance are of course wide enough to receive the widest ticketsadmitted by the entrance slot 12. ;The

portion or" the wall which overlies the inspection. chamber is out outto form a window, which is covered by a transparent pane 32 securedbetween an overlying flange of the casing wall and the underlyingattached side walls 31. The bottom wall of the chamber is pivoted to theframe on an axle rod 33 by means of lugs 34 so that it may be moved fromthe full line position shown.

in Fig. 5, where it lies so near to the side walls 31 as to preventescape of even the thinnest;

tickets received in the chamber, to a separated position as indicated inbroken lines, where it permits the tickets to escape and-fall into areceptacle or box 35.

Rejected articles are moved to the rear by the, displacer and allowed topass into a receptacle; 3 6, the front and rear walls of which convergeto form a narrow runway 3'7 extending toward one side of the machine, asshown in Fig. 7, and open at the top so that the rejected articles maybe reached by the attendant through an opening in the side of thecasing, and so removed.

It may be noted in passing that the box 35 is formed in part by thestationary lower front wall 38 of the casing and a separated stationaryupright plate 39 of the interior framework, and in part by a movablesection 40 of the casing bottom and separated side walls 41 connectedstructurally with the section 40. The movable part of this box ispivoted by a pin 42, held lugs 43 of the stationary bottom, and is normally held in receiving position by a spring 44, coiled around the pinand pressing at one end against a shoulder 45 of the pivoted bottom and.reacting on an anchorage 46 on the stationary tickets by the attendant.

Registers. or counters 48, 49, 50, and more if desired, are provided forseparately registering tickets of different dimensions. In thisillustration the threecounters shown are appropriated to register f vecent pieces, dimes and quarter dollars respectively. All are alike andare op-- erated by like means, and it involves only a duplication of thecounters and operating means here shown to provide for registeringseparately the entire range of coins and tickets described above. Butfor illustration of the principle of selection between acceptacle andnonacceptable tickets, it is here assumed that the nickels, dimes andquarters only are. accepted and registered, and that all other receivedarticles are rejected. The electrical lay-out which will be laterdescribed is arranged on that assumption, but in the understandingthatother arrangements, connections and combinations may be made withinthe scope of this invention. 7

Thedisplacer, registers, and the movable bottom wall 30 ortrap door or"the inspection chamber, are all operated byelectric solenoids. Twoaxially alined solenoids 481 and 491 operate the displacer by means of asingle core rod 501 which is connected with the. arm 51, projectingforwardly from the upper end of the deflector, by means of a pin andslot connection at 52 which permits straight line movement of the corerod and angular movement of the arm 51. This core rod is supported inits neutral position by a spring 53. acting through a plunger 54 andreacting against the bottom cross bar 55 of a frame 56 which dependsfrom the shelf 57 on which the 7 associated solenoids 481, 491 aresupported. The core restson the upper end of plunger 54, which is guidedby the cross bars of frame 56 and is stopped as to its upward movementby its shoulder 58 underlying the upper cross bar of the framework. Theupper solenoid 481 raises core 501 to move the displacer into itsforward position, and the lower solenoid depresses the core to shift thedisplacer into its rear position.

Solenoids 60, .61 and62 operate the register 48, 49 and 50 respectively.Each of such solenoids has a core 63 coupled to the operating arm 64 ofthe register by a pin and slotconection consisting of pin 65 on the armentering a transverse slot 66 in an extension of the core, as shown bestin Fig. 6. The core is normally held in an elevated position by a spring67 reacting on an adjustable abutment 68 which is screw threaded thestructure on which the solenoid is mounted. The effect ofelectromagnetic force generated in the solenoid is to depress the corefrom its elevate' position and swing arm 6-1 through a distancesufiicient to move the lowest order indicator of the register through aunit angle.

The core extension carries one member of a circuit closer, in the formof a block or roll '71 cooperating with spring strips 72 and 73 ofconducting material which are separately connected with parts or" anelectric circuit. The block or roll '71 is mounted on a stud passing though the extension of solenoid core 53 and insulated therefrom in a wellknown manner by washers and bushings of nonconducting material. Thespring strips '32 3 are mounted independently on a block 7 1 ofinsulating material and are engaged with clips 75, in the upper ends ofwhich are recesses to receive conductor wires and binding screws 76.Said contact strips are spaced clear of the blo .1 71 the positionoccupied. by the block when olenoid core 63 is raised, but below thatpositi the strips are bent inward, shown d lines in Fig. 5,

partiail in o by do*- e in such fashion that both are engaged by the hecircuit pulled down.

gnal device '77 (Fi s. 7 and tration is a buzzer, whereby whenever theregister connect d with one another carrying mechanisms, and of whichthe disk lowest order is driven by the oscillative arm 6% by anysuitable ratchet device. This register, however, is typical of a widevariety of registering or recording or indicating means which might beused to obtain similar, or other desired, eiiects.

A sclen operates the bottom wall or trap door 30 or t e observationc--arnber. Its core '79, which "rally protrudes from the bottom of thescion under the influence of gravity, carrise a of nonmagnetic materialon its upper above the solenoid. This knuckle is coupled by a wris p n81 with a rearward extension 82 of the plate 39. The bottom of theknuckle 80 on the top of the solenoid casforrning a stop which limitsdescent of the core and rise of the plate 30. It is pulled down by aspring 891.

A plate 8 3- is pivoted at the rear of the chute 13 near the upper endor" the latter and is provided with ears 8 1 connected by alined pivots85 with the chute at opposite sides of the passage therein. The upperedge of this plate is bent over toward the chute and above it, forming ashield or stop 86 which normally lies clear of the passage in the chute,as shown by full lines in Figs. 2 and 5, but may be moved across theentrance of the passage as shown by broken lines in Fig. 2. It iscoupled by an ex ension 87 of one of its supporting lugs, by means or" apin and slot connection 88, with the upwardly protruding end of the core89 of a solenoid 90. The lower end of this core is of nonmagneticmaterial and is supported by a spring 91, (Fig. 1) reacting on anadjustable abutment 92 threaded into a cross bar 93 which is suspendedby bars 94 from the solenoid support. This spring normally holds thecore elevated and the shield retracted, as shown by full lines in thedrawings, and the core is pulled downward by magnetic force when thesolenoid is energized, shifting the shield and plate 83 into the dottedline position shown in Fi 2.

A block 95 of insulating material is secured to the lower edge of plate83 and carries two separated studs 96 (Fig. 5) and 97 (Fig. 2) whichcross the coin passage out of contact with the Walls thereof. Thesestuds are nearer together than the width of any ticket contemplated tberegistered by the machine, whereby they arrest any such ticket andcompel the ticket to engage both of them, completing the circuits ofwhich these studs are separated parts, as will be later described. Butwhen the plate 83 is displaced and tilted the studs are withdrawn fromthe passage, allowing the arrested ticket to pass onward; and at thesame time the shield covers the entrance of the passage and preventsadmission of another article until the one just released has beendisplaced from the arresting cavity 14.

Stud 96 is connected electrically with a finger 98 which protrudes fromthe bottom of the block 95, and stud 9? is similarly connected with aparallel protruding finger 99. A third, '15. intermediate, finger 100(Figs. 7 and 8) s .nilarly protrudes and is electrically connected withthe stud 96 by a conducting strap 101, but not with the stud 97.

The outermost fingers 98 and 99 are in continuous sliding contact withthe curved upper edges of contact blades 102 and 103 respectively. Theseblades are pivoted and electrically connected to posts 104 and 105 whichare mounted in a shelf 106 of insulating material and have binding nuts10'? on their protruding shanks for connection with conductor wires. Thecontact edges of these blades are curved to conform with the pathstraversed by the outer ends of the fingers 98 and 99. They are pivotedto their supporting posts and pressed upward by springs 108 in order toinsure good electrical contact after extended use and wear.

A third contact blade 109 is provided to cooperate wit the contactfinger 100, It is like the blade 102, 103 except that it is shorter andis not brought into contact with finger too until the fingers have beendisplaced with the carrier block 95 and connected studs to approximatelythe dotted line position in Fig. 2.

Vlhen these parts, including the entrance shield or obstructor 86, havebeen thus displaced, they are held there by a latch 110 (Figs. 1 and 2)overlapping a shoulder on the end of solenoid core 89. Said latch isformed as a lug projecting from one end of a metal plate 111 which hasparallel end lugs connected by a pivot rod 112 with lugs 113 risingfrom. a base plate 114 secured to the casing of solenoid 4181. A spring115 surrounds the pivot rod 112 and one end presses upward on the bottomedge of plate 111, while its other end reacts on the bed plate 114, thuspressing the latch lug constantly against the side of the projectingcore 89 and causing it to snap over the end of the core whenever thelatter is depressed.

A cam follower lug 116 projects rearwardly from the center of latchplate 111 into the angle of a V notched earn 117 which projects abovesolenoid 4181 from core 501. Either rise or descent of the cam isefifective to engage the follower lug and release the latch lug 110 fromcore 89.

I will now describe the operation of the machine and at the same timecomplete the description of electrical equipment with reference to Fig.9. When a ticket or other article of elecand g with power line L.

w moves displacer "presently to be described.

noid core 561 has meanwhile released latch 11cconductors 72, i, 7',solenoid winding ductors k and or between the power line terminals.

winding of solenoid is connected, the cthe tricaily conductive substanceis passed into the slot 12 it drops through the chute 13 until arrestedby the studs 96, 97. The article electrically bridges the gap betweenthese studs and completes the circuit between the power line terminals Land L through the conductor a, solenoid 90, conductor b, which leadsfrom the solenoid'to contact blade 193, and conductor a which leads toblade 102 from the power terminal L Solenoid 90 is then made active andwithdraws the arresting studs, allowing the article to pass onward, andat the same time temporarily blocks the entrance to the coin passage bymeans or" shield 86. Latch 110 then comes into action, and holds theparts thus displaced after the circuit has been broken by withdrawal or"the studs from the ticket.

Displacement of these parts brings the finger 180 into contact withblade 109, completing a circuit between the power line terminals throughcontacts 102, 98, conductor 101, contacts 100, 109, conductor d,conductor c, the winding of solenoid 78 and conductors and g. Thiscauses solenoid 78 to lower the bottom plate 30 of the observationchamber, permitting a ticket which may have been already in said chamberto pass to the receptacle 35.

The article released by withdrawal of studs 96 and 97 drops into themeasuring cavity is and is arrested by the side walls thereof. Let usas- "surne for example that the article is a dime.

When arrested it lodges against the contact block 17 on on side of thecavity and the contact strip 23 on the other, completing a circuitthrougl 61, and con- By the motivation of solenoid 61, so producecounter 49 is caused to register another unit, and at the same time thecircuit between one of the ,pairs of contact springs 72, 73, is closedto actuate solenoid 4.81 and also the buzzer, or other signal device,77. contact strip 72 of each pair is connected to a conductor Z whichleads to one terminal or" solenoid winding 431, the other terminal ofwhich connected through conductors m of each pair is connected to theconductor 12, which leads to one terminal of the signal 77, whose terminis connected with the conductor 72, Motivation or solenoid e31 raisesits core 551 and 24 forwardly, removing the coin from the measuringcavity allowing it to pass to the observation chamber,

wnere it remains until the article is inserted into the slot, un-

less released by closing of the manual switch The same rise ofsolethrough the action of the lower face of the v earn 117, withrestoration of theslot shield'S-S and arresting studs 96, 7, to normalposition ready for reception of the coin which has just been forwardedby the displacer.

If the deposited article is a fi e centpiece it lodges against contact19 and operates solenoid .60 through conductor 0 leading tothe'solenoid,

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If the deposited article is a dollar it dge against the contact 21 andactuates solenoid 6 through conductor r to which one terminal of thterrninal being connected directly to conductor 'With the operation ofeither solenoid or 62 the solenoid lSl and signal 77 are operated inexactly the same way as previously described.

The other contact 73- reveals Articles of other widths than the coinsabove mentioned lodge against others of the contact blocks. For thepurpose of this explanation it is assumed that all such other articlesare not acceptable for registration, wherefore their complementalcontact blocks are shown as being coupled by conductors s, t, u o with asingle conductor to which leads to the solenoid winding 491, the latterbeing further connected by a conductor cc with the conductor m. Thusanyor" such other articles complete circuits which cause actuation ofthe solenoid 491 with descent of core 581 and movement of the displacerto the rear which releases the article to the discharge conduit 36, 37.

A manual switch y is provided to operate solenoid 78 in order to releaseticket in the observation chamber at will, in order, for instance, to

collect the last ti ket de osited up to the end of a business period.This switch is interposed between an extension of the conductor 72 and aconductor a which is joined to the conductor e leading the solenoidwinding.

It is to be understood that the circuit closing contacts or themeasuring cavityrnaybe connected electrically in any desired sequenceand numbers with independen registers other signals, and that any one ormore of such contacts may be connected wit the rejectionsolenoid 491 andspaced away from the opposite wall of thecavity at propriate distancesto arrest all articles except those whi n the is equipped to accept. itis also 'wltn'n onternplation to utilize other properties erted articlesthan electrical conductivity a. in order to close appropriate oil I mayapply the weight of such articles, whether of conductive ornonconductive material, to operate circuit closers in the appropriatecircuits, and discriminate between different objects by a of dimensionor a difierence of weight.

It will also be understood that the register operating solenoids may beused to actuate separate signals, of visual as well as audiblecharacter, and located anywhere, inside or outside of the casing insteador" the specific buzzer 77 herein described; or that in place of theregisters and their solenoids, other electrical devices may besubstituted the correspc ug circuits.

'1 will describe in further detail the mechanics. structure specific macfor the convenience of the ar tending t li t niy protecti n specificallythereto.

A central name plate 126 rises iron-'1 the base plate 121, being securedat its bottom to the upturned edge flange 122 of the plate 123 securedto the-bottom plate, and being braced by horizontal spacer bars 124-crossing to the previously named wall 39, which is a plate secured atits bottom to an uptuined'ilange 125 at the opposite edge or" plate Thecentral plate 120 is cut out at its inpart to receive the piece ofinsulation 15 by oh the measuring cavity defined. The upper part ofplate 120 forms the rear wall of the'chute or assage 13. The nt wall ofthis passage is 5 ed by a plate spaced apart by nan w strips which'denneside boundaries of the passage. Plate 126 is forward at its lower partto provide the shelf in Lin-J.

or bracket 57 on which the solenoids ish-491 and so are supported. Onthe rear side'of the central plate 12 is secured adrarne consisting ofside plates 12?, intermediate plates 12%,

130, and transverse spacer rods or' bars 131 for.

supporting the registers, their operating solenoids and associatedparts. Shelves 132 are formed on including ci *cuit differs materi l thenature of a bus-bar which constitut" the conductor to shown in thediagram the conductors, s, t, therewith.

lhe conduit for rejected articles is secured to the hack of plate andbetween it and the ted formed by the inclined plane 27 and g sid walls138 is secured at the front of 0 tie insulating piece 15. Sol mounted ona shelf 139 fastened to of plate 12%.

The c nrst described 11 is a s ell which is open the bottom and fitsflanges 140 rising iron" u I the ease plate 121, to which It en- On theinside of its top wall it carries two s of separated lugs fail the edgeof the plate 126 at sides of the entrance slot 12.

opposite The solenoids are all encased in metallic shells which protectthem and are slotted in the to give a view of ir windings. The magneticcores of the solenoids are properly disposed in acco e with well knownprinciples to be the directions required for their several ser ices whenmagnetic force is generated. EX- tensions of the cores which, it made ofthe same material would prevent or retard such movements, oionmagneticmaterial mechanically socun l to the iron or steel cores proper. For therest electrical conductors are not shown except in the diagram Fig. asthey may he variously placed according to the judgment of the designer.

In describing the relationship of the various parts with respect to thehorizontal plane, I have not intended to imply any rurther lim tationsof scope than tho e posed by necessity of gravity nulsion oi the ertedarticles in the paths Ot erwise the operating parts may be placed. inany other locations than those shown, wherein they may their intendedfunctions.

it he I claim and desire to secure by Letters icket receiver having aselective arrest-er closing means adapted to close t electric circ lltSwhen articles of diiierent characteristics are received in saidarrester, a dlsplacer shiftaole to displace articles from the arrest-erin one direction or another direction,

controlling mean *"or said displacer contro led respectively by sadifferent circuits for tuating the displacer in one or another of theheiore mentioned movements.

2. A t ,ket receiver having a space for ed with arresting r' ls adaptedto receive inserted artiarrest and hold articles of different tivelydifferent positions, a displace" cooperating with articles received intrrester and movable into a plurality of Int positions for ving thearticles and di r of ciiierent destinations, a plurality of electricaldevices conected with said displacer and oper ble independently of oneanother to put the displacer into one or another of said positions, andseparate circuit closing means in circuit with the several electricaldevices arranged to be independently and exclusively en aged in circuitclosing action by articles of difierent characteristics in the arrestingspace.

3. In a t cket receiver a gui arrester h g a space in conti oi saidprovided uconvergent count. walls osite sides and being open at theintera c r chute :in said arresting to said bound- 1 said wallstermediate of the ter ial contacts p from one another along one wallsadapted to be engaged independently by tickets oi diiierent complementalconductive material on the opposite w of the space, an electromagneticdevice in circ with one of said contacts adapted when energized t edisplacer to o e side, and second tro'nagnetic device ected with anotheraid contacts hen e ergized to re the displacer toward the opposite side.

receiver comprising an entrance selective arresting space into which igo opens, a t acer movable to displace from space tickets lodgingtherein, an observation ch to which displaced tickets are conducted, andelectr al means operated automatically by oducet into the chute soactuating laccr, for removing a previo sly deposited ticket fromobservaticn oer.

bounding 5. A ticket receiver oinpri "cg entrance passage, a selectivetie at arrester, a displace:

:1 said arrester i of different L.

- eing observation chamber, means norm y ret ing in said chamber ti.ivered the 'etoby the displacer, electrical operated by ti ketdeposited in the chute for closing the ch to v inst deposit of a follovng ticket and opening the obseivation charirer to permit releasetherefrom of the ticket therein, and other electrical means operated aticket received by said arrester for moving displace)? causingwithdrawal of chute closing means.

6. In ticket receiver havin a chute for guidance of the admitted aricles, a holder pivoted externally of the chute, studs of conductiveinaterial projecting from the holder into the chute in position o arrestan inserted ticket and to be bridged across thereby, an electromagneticdevice coupled to holder normally holding the latter in the last postionbut adapted to move the holder so to withdraw said studs from estingengagemen w h ticket, conductor. circuit with so studs andelectromagnetic device arranged to cause flow of current through theelectromagnetic device when the studs so bridged by the ticket, anobservation chamber adapted to receive tickets from the chute and havinga ticket releaser norms LC retain tickets the chamber a r for removingtickets f catec. electric circuit closable the before oar ticketreleaser to release tickets from the observation chamber.

7. In a ticket receiver, a chute for guiding inserted tickets, a shieldfor obstructing said chute, means operated by a ticket entering thechute for setting said shield to prevent entrance of another ticket,electrically operated indicating means controlled by the ticket in itsfurther progress, and electrical means governed by the ticket at thesame time for restoring the shield to open chute position.

8. In a ticket receiver, a conducting chute, a selective arrester inposition to receive tickets from said chute, indicating means operatedby tickets received by the arrester, a displacer for removing ticketsfrom the arrester, a shield adapted to obstruct the chute againstentrance of tickets, means operated by a ticket in the chute for placingsaid shield in obstructing position, means controlled by a ticket in thearrester for restoring the shield to open chute position, a displacerfor removing tickets from the arr-ester, and means controlled by thearrested tickets for operating said displacer.

9. In a ticket receiver, a chute for conducting inserted tickets, ashield adapted to obstruct the chute normally located in open chuteposition, electrically controlled means in the chute operable by aninserted ticket for placing the shield in obstructing position and beingdisplaceable out of engagement with the ticket when the shield is soplaced, a latch for holding the shield in obstructing position, andmeans operable by the ticket in its further progress for releasing saidlatch and causing return of the shield to normal position.

10. In a ticket receiver having a chute, a holder member adjacent to thechute having a shield normally clear of the chute passage but adapted tobe placed across the same, separated electrically conductive stopsprojecting from said holder normally into the chute at a locationfurther along therein than said shield to arrest and be bridgedelectrically by a ticket therein, and being withdrawn by that movementof the holder which places the shield across the chute, an observationchamber to which tickets pass from the chute, a ticket releaser forreleasing tickets from said chamber, an electromagnetic device incircuit with said stops and connected with the holder for moving it,when such circuit is closed by contact of a ticket with the stops fromnormal position to a second position, wherein the stops are withdrawnfrom the chute and the shield is placed across it, an electrical devicefor operating said releas'er, and means operated by said holder inpassing to its said second position for closing the circuit of saidelectrical device.

11. A selective ticket register comprising an arrester having means forselectively arresting tickets of different dimensions in respectivelydifferent locations, a plurality of difierent electric circuits eachhaving a terminal closing element in position to be closed respectivelyby tickets of a specific dimension only, electro-rnagnetically operatedcounters, each in a dififerent one of said circuits for registeringseparately the quantities of difierent tickets delivered to saidarr-ester, a displacer for removing the arrested tickets from thearrester, and means controlled by said counters for actuating thedisplacer when any of the counters is operated.

12. A selective ticket register comprising an ar rester having means forselectively arresting ticketc of different dimensions in respectivelydififerent locations, a plurality of different electric circuits eachhaving a terminal closing element in position to be closed respectivelyby tickets of a specific dimension only, electro-magnetically operatedcounters, each in a diiierent one of said circuits for registeringseparately the quantities of different tickets delivered to saidarrester, a displacer for removing the arrested tickets from thearrester, an electro-magnetic operator for said displacer, and parallelcircuit closers for said op erator each closable by one of themagnetically operated counters.

WALTER S. JOHNSON.

